How has a homophobic, creationist Bible-bashing warmonger like him managed to win the Republican Iowa caucus? I mean, sure, he reckons God did it, but this English atheist is still perplexed.

It's supposed to perplex English atheists.

our politics are amusing.

When you pick up the phone, you hear your own death. AND THEN YOU DIE.

When you turn on your iPod, you hear the song that will be playing at your funeral. AND THEN YOUR IPOD EXPLODES!

Way better. They should let me write films. But, Noooo. They'd rather have Huckabee win Iowa. Evidently, the song playing at the funeral of America will have Huckabee playing bass.

I'm baffled as well. Maybe it's just me, but I expect a presidential candidate to have some minimum grasp of reality. Believing that the Earth is 6,000 years old is kind of a deal-breaker. What century is it in Iowa anyway?

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Chi_The_Cynic wrote:
How has a homophobic, creationist Bible-bashing warmonger like him managed to win the Republican Iowa caucus?

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It's that damn I Heart Huckabee's movie. It's got all the kids tapping their toes and all the elderly are unafraid.

i gave up hoping for quality candidates two presidencies ago

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Chi_The_Cynic wrote:

How has a homophobic, creationist Bible-bashing warmonger like him managed to win the Republican Iowa caucus?/quote]

Your question answered itself. 

1) Hooray! Chi's back!

2) One credit I'll give to the US media this election cycle is how they've pointed out how insignificant Iowa really is in the grand scheme of things. It's a state with a population of less than the county I live in. In fact, there are 5 times more people in the city I live in than voted last night. Also, the population is 94.6% white...not exactly a snapshot of modern America.

The reason why western states like California and Nevada moved their primaries up is because they were tired of having the midwest and south choosing who the remaining candidates would be once their late primaries rolled around. If California's primary had been first, the pundits would be debating this morning whether or not a gay-friendly, pro-choice candidate with no foriegn policy experience like Rudy Giuliani
can win any midwestern or southern Republican primaries other than Florida. And whether or not he could, he'd still have won more primary votes in one state than Huckabee could win in 10.

3) A win in Iowa might give a candidate some momentum, but it's certainly not a guarantee at the party nomination...Pat Robertson, Richard Gephardt, & George HW Bush in 1980 to name a few won Iowa and collapsed after that.

Yeah! Kooky Christian Fundamentalist TV Preacher Pat Robertson won there--it shouldn't be a surprise the Iowans voted for Huckabee.

This is one of the many reasons I won't be going back to the state of my birth...yeah, I was born in Iowa.

4) Finally, while I'm intrigued by the thought of Huckabee being the GOP nominee just to see how much he'd get trounced, the thought of him winning scares the fuck out of me, so I hope he runs out of money and fades into obscurity after New Hampshire.

I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

In less frightening news, Obama did win the Democratic caucus. Obama for yo' mama!

...as if a republican is gonna win  in 08. sheesh

apparently either Barak Obama or Bill Richardson match my political criteria the closest.

go to glassbooth.org for a quiz that matches you up with the candidate that most aligns with your political views. its fun!

honestly i haven't decided who's getting my vote yet. i do know it won't be a republican, but that's as far as i've gotten.

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christopher7murphy wrote:
...as if a republican is gonna win  in 08. sheesh

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Indeed.  Hillary will be our next president.  All this BS leading up to that is just a way to get stupid people to give money to political parties.

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not_Scyess wrote:

Indeed. Hillary will be our next president. All this BS leading up to that is just a way to get stupid people to give money to political parties.

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I do hope you're right. I know she's America's Most Hated In The Midwest (surely an accolade rather than an insult?) but I like her. It'd be good to have her as President just so that Bill could be First Man...

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Hillary's a cuntsicle. no way she wins the nomination. if by some miracle she does, get used to the idea of another Republican president. the fact that people even think she has a chance is a testament to her ability to hype. though, come to think of it, if she were to win the presidency, it might save the taxpayers some money since her and Bill could move in the same furniture they stole from the White House when they moved out last time.

i don't think Baroq will win the nomination either. every time i think of him as president, i can't get that Eddie Murphy first-black-president skit out of my head, where he's dancing around to avoid gunfire. a lot of people just aren't ready. i think the Democrat nominee will be a dark horse. (but not that dark.)

as for the Republicans, i think John McCain will take the nomination. i also think he'll win the presidency, since the field of Democrats is so weak. i'm from Arizona, so you may think i'm a little biased, but truth is i don't like his politics

actually, i don't like any of these fuckers. the entire system's flawed. people wasting their time talking about this shit is kind of like a weakling in prison speculating who's gonna rape him next. what does it matter? you're still gonna get raped.

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mandingo wrote:
i don't think Baroq will win the nomination either.

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mandingo wrote:
Hillary's a cuntsicle.

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I just enjoy watching the major media networks try to change up their news with wacky twists, in order to pump their ratings like they were able to in 04'- most of 07'.

Ha, ha, Murrow is rolling in his black and white grave.

I just like the fact that Barack is an awesome, Klingon-sounding name. Try growling it out with kind of a cut-throat scowl on your face and you'll see what I mean.

"Barack shall lead us! It will be a glorious victory! Other candidates are without honor!"

ect.

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mandingo wrote:

i think the Democrat nominee will be a dark horse. (but not that dark.)

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I still have my fingers crossed for Bill Richardson. He ain't much, but he's just about the only candidate currently running who doesn't make me wretch in disgust.

I have nothing against the guy, but I hope Obama loses just because I hate the fact that all my fellow college students love and worship him but have no idea why.

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BigFrank105 wrote:
I hate the fact that all my fellow college students love and worship him but have no idea why.

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White guilt is a motherfucker.

Actually he's some kind of mulatto or mutatto or cafelatto or something, isn't he? Some kinda Tiger Woods type dealie.

Not that there's anything wrong with that... (self-conscious glances to the left and the right)

I think he's Kenyan and Hawaiian or something. It's a mix that must have a natural knack for politics because most of my friends think that's the reason why he should win.

I'm going with Ron Paul up in this bitch. Not that I think he's got much of a chance of winning, but, feh.

Ron Paul is 2008's new Barak Obama

Ron Paul looks like Magneto

I really wish that Mr. Huckabee would win the nomination, then it wouldn't matter who his opposition is.

Seriously. If the guy HONESTLY believes the world is 6000 years old, he is NOT FIT TO BE PRESIDENT.

You're a bad man!  You're a VERY bad man!

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crackpanther wrote:
Ron Paul looks like Magneto

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I welcome our new mutant overlord.

from Ron Paul is Magneto??

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Ron Paul

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isn't that the name of the french waiter those two chicks are reminiscing about in that coffee commercial of old

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My nickname back in college was Ron Paul.

Don't ask, it had to do with a terrible porn movie and Juliana Hatfield.

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Ron Paul

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isn't that the name of the french waiter those two chicks are reminiscing about in that coffee commercial of old

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My nickname back in college was Ron Paul.

Don't ask, it had to do with a terrible porn movie and Juliana Hatfield.

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Juliana Hatfield was in a terrible porno movie? where can i find this?